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Do king snakes have to eat the animal alive?

Updated: 8/20/2019
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11y ago

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No, most captive king snakes quickly learn to take pre-killed rodents. In fact, it is much safer to do this. If a live mouse is introduced into the cage and the snake has no interest in feeding at the time, the mouse can do serious damage to the snake, even kill it.

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